Software Engineer
Canada Life Assurance Europe plc
Date: 7 hours ago
City: Potters Bar, England
Contract type: Part time
Canada Life UK has been supporting the retirement, investment, and protection needs of individuals, families, and businesses since 1903.
As part of Great-West Lifeco, we are committed to building better futures for our customers and employees. Our Home Finance division is at the forefront of delivering innovative solutions, and we are looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our Home Finance Product Engineering team.
Job Purpose
We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with expertise in Rails, React, and mySQL to contribute to the development and maintenance of our Home Finance applications. This role will involve working on cutting-edge projects, enhancing our digital services, and ensuring the delivery of secure, reliable, and scalable solutions for our customers.
Key Responsibilities
We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that’s regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, you’ll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.
How We Work At Canada Life
Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us. We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures. Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others. Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.
We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces. That’s why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.
Diversity and inclusion
Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us. We are proud of the progress we’re making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.
“At Canada Life we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives coming together to build better futures. Emerging talent is crucial to our growth and creating an environment that continues to inspire us all.” Nick Harding, Chief People Officer, Canada Life UK
We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities. We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for you.
As part of Great-West Lifeco, we are committed to building better futures for our customers and employees. Our Home Finance division is at the forefront of delivering innovative solutions, and we are looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our Home Finance Product Engineering team.
Job Purpose
We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with expertise in Rails, React, and mySQL to contribute to the development and maintenance of our Home Finance applications. This role will involve working on cutting-edge projects, enhancing our digital services, and ensuring the delivery of secure, reliable, and scalable solutions for our customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain applications using Rails, React, and mySQL.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
- Optimise application performance and scalability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline development and deployment processes.
- Ensure compliance with security standards and best practices.
- Participate in technical discussions and provide recommendations for improvements.
- Document system configurations, processes, and code.
- Mentor and support less experienced team members.
- Strong experience with Rails, React, and mySQL.
- Proficiency in developing and deploying applications in a cloud-based environment.
- Familiarity with Agile and DevSecOps methodologies.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Experience with GCP and managing GKE Kubernetes clusters.
- Familiarity with Argo CD for continuous delivery.
- Knowledge of containerisation technologies such as Docker.
- Understanding of cloud security best practices and identity management.
We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that’s regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, you’ll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.
How We Work At Canada Life
Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us. We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures. Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others. Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.
We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces. That’s why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.
Diversity and inclusion
Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us. We are proud of the progress we’re making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.
“At Canada Life we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives coming together to build better futures. Emerging talent is crucial to our growth and creating an environment that continues to inspire us all.” Nick Harding, Chief People Officer, Canada Life UK
We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities. We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for you.
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